Leonard Cohen , the Canadian poet, novelist and musician best known for writing the song "Hallelujah," has died. He was 82. News of Cohen’s death was posted on his Facebook page. "It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," read

In her first interview since husband Senator Tim Kaine was nominated as vice-president, Anne Holton told ABC’s Ann Compton, “He and I are both very excited about not just having a woman president, but having men working for the first woman president! Isn’t that exciting? And he gets that!” In her

This week the Red Hot Chili Peppers return with a powerful shift in sonic direction, Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs join forces as case/lang/veirs, Canadian legends The Tragically Hip release a new record on the heels of releasing some sad news, singer-songwriter Mitski makes a very strong

All right, time for "Pop news" and I love this song. ♪ Every move you make ♪ Call it synchronicity for two of music's most iconic artist, sting and peter Gabriel announcing this morning they are uniting for a huge concert tour this summer. This is brand new, just came out this morning. The tour

Sting and Peter Gabriel are teaming up for a summer tour. The month-long trek, dubbed “Rock Paper Scissors,” will launch in Columbus, Ohio, June 21. It will conclude a little over a month later, in Edmonton, Canada . Sting and Gabriel will perform both separately and together at the shows. Sting

This week Steve Martin and Edie Brickell team up for a second album together, G. Love & Special Sauce release a guest-filled disc, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings spread funky holiday cheer, Brian Adams teams up with producer Jeff Lynne, the late J Dilla releases yet another posthumous collection of

While accepting the Oscar for best documentary short subject, director Dana Perry said suicide should be talked about "out loud," dedicating the award to her son. During her acceptance speech on behalf of "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1," the music abruptly cut off when Perry mentioned her son,

As 2014 comes to a close, it's time to take stock in the year. There are several trends that come to light when looking at the best albums of the year. A new form of synth-pop that began bubbling under in 2012 and 2013 has now fully taken over while rock and R&B seem to be disappointingly fading